Camino de Santiagopilgrims' route to Santiago de Compostela;Way of St James

The Camino de Santiago is a medieval pilgrim route stretching from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain, where tradition has it that the body of Saint James the Apostle (Spain's patron saint) is buried. Those who had made the long, dangerous journey returned proudly wearing on their hat or cloak the venera or concha (scallop shell) traditionally associated with this pilgrimage - Saint James' body had reportedly been found covered in scallops. Today this symbolic shell can still be seen all along the Camino de Santiago, carved on ancient buildings and painted on modern-day road signs marking the historic route for the benefit of tourists and pilgrims.

In astronomy the Camino de Santiago is another name for the Vía Láctea (Milky Way), hence the title of Buñuel's famous satirical film about the route to Compostela.

caminos turísticos no trilladostourist routes that are off the beaten track;experimentan con nuevas técnicas, huyen de los caminos trilladosthey are experimenting with new techniques and avoiding conventional approaches o the well-trodden paths;este escritor ha recorrido los caminos trillados de sus antecesoresthis writer has been down the well-trodden paths followed by his predecessors

volvimos por el camino más cortowe took the shortest way o route back;¿sabes el camino a su casa?do you know the way to his house?;es mucho caminoit's a long way;está a varios días de caminoit's several days' journey away;después de tres horas de caminoafter travelling for three hours;nos quedan 20 kms de caminowe still have 20 kms to go

yo te explico el camino a seguirI'll tell you the way o route;me indicaron el camino a seguir para resolver el problemathey showed me what needed to be done to solve the problem;censurar estos programas no es el camino a seguircensoring these programmes isn't the solution o the right thing to do

en vez de seguir las normas él fue por su caminoinstead of following the rules he just went his own sweet way o did his own thing;no me fijo en mis rivales, yo sigo por mi caminoI don't take any notice of what my rivals are doing, I just do my own thing

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